Would-be creditors seek dump trucks, nuclear research from bankrupt Detroit
(Reuters) – As if it’s not bad enough that Detroit acknowledges it owes its creditors $18 billion, another batch of would-be creditors says the city owes them much more, for garbage trucks worth $150 million to nuclear research materials valued at an a…
Montana judge tells fast-food worker to get a ‘real job’
(Reuters) – A Montana judge facing censure for suggesting a teenage girl was partly to blame for being raped by a teacher came under scrutiny again after he asked a man convicted of vandalism why he didn’t get a “real job” instead of working at a fast-food chain.
KFC says story of scarred girl asked to leave was hoax
(Reuters) – A story involving a disfigured 3-year-old Mississippi girl whose family said they were asked to leave a KFC restaurant because her appearance was scaring customers, has been found to be a hoax, according to a spokesman for the fried chicken…
Connecticut mechanic smashes customer’s rare Ferrari
(Reuters) – A mechanic driving a customer’s extremely rare Ferrari sports car wrecked it on a Connecticut highway, state police said on Tuesday.
Man pleads guilty in Texas to rhino horn smuggling
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – An Asian art dealer based in a Dallas suburb pleaded guilty on Tuesday to being part of a ring that smuggled more than $1 million of rhino horn and elephant ivory from the United States to China, U.S. prosecutors said.
More than 50 dogs killed in Dallas house fire
DALLAS (Reuters) – More than 50 dogs were killed and two people injured when a fire swept through a Dallas house on Tuesday, fire officials said.
California eatery marks fois gras ban with free pate portions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a special offer to wistful diners on the two-year anniversary of California’s foie gras ban, a Napa Valley restaurant plans to serve up the culinary delicacy to a select number of its patrons next month – for free.
Convicted NY child molester launches new bid to clear name
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man who spent 13 years in prison for molesting children in the 1980s is relaunching his decade-long bid to clear his name, court papers show, reviving a controversy that was made the subject of an Oscar-nominated documen…
Caribbean cocaine flows to United States keep rising: U.S. official
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The percentage of cocaine flowing to the United States through the Caribbean has more than tripled in the past three years, an Obama administration official said on Tuesday, adding weight to claims that criminal organizations …
U.S. investigators propose review of flight controls after Asiana crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators on Tuesday said Boeing Co should consider modifying flight controls on the 777 jetliner in response to an Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco last July that killed three people and injured more than 180.
